The Beijing Olympics were a powerful laboratory for showing how improvements in air pollution improve cardiovascular health. The Chinese capital is plagued by chronic air pollution. When the city was ...

Levels of pollution have soared past the levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organisation, as dense smog hangs over Beijing and 30 other cities in northern and eastern China. As Beijing ...

BEIJING (AP) — When Dong Yingli first opened her east Beijing meat skewers restaurant six years ago, her chefs cooked the lamb, chicken hearts and assorted treats over an uncovered grill, with giant ...

State radio said some people were ignoring vehicle use restrictions, which on Tuesday banned vehicles with odd numbers at the end of the licence plate getting on the roads, though the roads were ...

Beijing was shrouded in heavy smog on Thursday with AQI climbing to “very unhealthy” levels of 215, a rare spike in pollution in the Chinese capital after years of expensive cleaning up. China’s ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting on Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the ...